TogetherwithcolleaguesfromtheUniversitiesofJenaandDarmstadt (both Germany)AxelMaashassucceededinsimulatingthestrongatomicnuclearinteractionstoenableitscalculabilitywhileatthesametimepreservingthetypicalcharac­teristicsofaneutronstar."Itisthefirsttheoryforsuchatightpackage,"theJenaPhysicistsays.Previouslysimulationstryingtospecifythematterinsideofneutronstarscollapsedfar too much in size and yielded the wrong propertiestimeandagain-evenonthemostpowerfulcomputers."Thesesimulationsdidn'tworkbecausetherearetoomanyatomicnuclei,"Maasexplainstheproblem,whosesolutiontheworldofphysicshascomeclosertoduetothecalculationsoftheJenaresearchers.Togetthere,thescientistsdidsomanycalculationsattheLoeweCenterforScienceCom­puting(CSC)inFrankfurt,thatitwouldhavetakenasinglePCapproximately2.500yearstodo the same.